[Greenbuilding] dry stack "natural home"

[Clarke Olsen]

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>> From: Clarke Olsen <colsen at fairpoint.net>
>> Date: February 11, 2008 9:04:49 AM EST
>> To: Speireag Alden <speireag at gmail.com>
>> Cc: greenbuilding at listserv.repp.org
>> Subject: Re: [Greenbuilding] dry stack "natural home"
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>>     This is true, surface bonded dry stack makes the best wall.
>>     Plus, the surface coat waterproofs the wall.
>>     Don't forget to bond both sides, a challenge in an excavation.
>>     It is also possible to glue blocks with construction adhesive.
>>     Another thing nice about blocks, you can easily make piers
>>     to reinforce the wall.
>>     Clarke Olsen
>>     Spencertown, NY
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>>> On 2008, Feb 11, at 00:42, KG wrote:
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>>>      I have built dry-stack walls.  It is comparatively easy.  Stack
>>> the walls, stucco over them with structural skin (surface-bond
>>> cement), and make sure that you cover the stuff and keep it wet  
>>> for a
>>> week or so.  A run of over about 10 feet *will* crack, as the cement
>>> cures and shrinks a bit.
>>>
>>>      According to what I have read, you end up with a wall which is
>>> substantially stronger than a mortared block wall, and I believe it
>>> intuitively, because you're putting your strength on outside of the
>>> flex, rather than up the middle.
>>>
>>>
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